this week we had a fresh supply of acorns freshly scavenged by our wonderful volunteers, pinecones collected around town and from a member’s father’s property in Maine, large pieces of bark lovingly saved from logs around our various properties where we garden in town, bags of milkweed pods & fluff make for cozy and creative fairy sofas, beds & pillows. We save twigs, leaves, interesting branches, tops from beautiful autumn grasses, sea shells & cool pebbles which all become incorporated in one thoughtful way or another. Our community’s children drop by Fairy World while a sibling plays soccer, or while mom & dad walk their dog in the dog park, or after dropping off a book at the library. It is truly a loved and well-used space. It might very well be the most popular feature at the Potting Shed for the under 12 set.
Fairy World at the Potting Shed
Fairy World is the ultimate free-play space at The Potting Shed. There is nothing better than watching families step back and simply observe their children creating small shelters, teepees, kingdoms, etc… for our rarely-seen resident Rowayton fairy community. Each week the “building materials” are replenished and changed to suit the seasons…
We always have this area “open” for kids to build / create in but will feature it prominently in our upcoming October Soccer Saturday program where we invite kids to utilize our more special supplies & freshly scavenged items along with glue guns galore to create a special fairy home that we invite our guests to take home if they would like.